Grate.



S. G. MBGKLEM & G. G. BRINKMAN.

GRATE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1912.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

to the outside.

nal sectional view.

Vsecured to the upper face of the spacing OF SPOKANE, WASHIGTON.

lSAMUEL G. MECKLEM AND GEORGE C. BRINKIVIAN,

GRATE.

Specication of Letters Patent. Application filed August 14, 1912.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912. Serial No. 715,041.

the opening 6 and are provided with the shoulders ll which are adaptedto rest upon the annular flange l2 formed around the opening 6.

vSecured to the lower end of the Shanks l0 and arranged across theopening 6 is an operating lever 13, one end of which Vextends out to theouter edge of the base plate 4 and arranged adjacent the door 14 in thestove so that the same mayv be easily operated to rotate the plate 8.and remove the'ashes or other waste material therefrom which will dropdown on to the concave surface of the base plate and pass out throughthe opening 6. It will be noticed that by this construction, the airwhich passes up through the bottom of the stove or through the dooropening 14 will pass out and around the outer side of the plate 8 whichwill tend to throw the heat toward the outer side of the stove and notin the center as is the usual way with the grates now in use, and inthis manner the stove will become more readily heated than by the oldway. It will be noticed from the drawings that the plate 8 is of asmaller diameter than the base plate 4 so as to allow the ashes andother waste material to drop down between the edge of the plate 8 andthe body of the stove on to the base plate.

From the above it will be readily apparent that when it is desired toempty the ashes or other waste material in the stove the plate 8 isrotated by means of the operating lever 13 so as to throw the ashes orother material on to the concave surface of the base plate 4 where thesame will be conveyed to the central opening 6 and emptied into thebottom of the stove or a pan arranged beneath the stove.

While we have shown and described the preferred form of our invention itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying ourinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is l. In combination with a stove having brackets arrangedin the interior thereof, of a grate comprising a base plate mounted uponsaid brackets and having a concave surface inclined toward the centerthereof, said base plate being provided with a centrally arrangedopening, spacing blocks To aZZ'wLom t'may concern;-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL G. MECK- LEM and GEORGE C. BRINKMAN,citizens of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of`Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grates, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in grates and moreparticularly to grates adapted for use in stoves, furnaces and the like,the object of the invention being to provide a device of this characterwhereby the fire and heat will be thrown.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, isinexpensive to manufacture and at the same time is simple inconstruction and operation.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims andshown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is an elevation of our improved grate showing the same appliedto a stove. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, parts being broken away and insection. Fig. 3 is a longitudi- Referring more particularly to thedrawings, l indicates a stove body which is supported upon suitable legs2 and is provided upon its inner side thereof with the supportingbrackets 3 upon which is adapted to rest the circular base plate 4 ofthe grate. The upper surface of the base plate is formed with a concaveinwardly inclined surface as shown at 5 so that the ashes and wastematerial will slide thereon t-oward the central opening 6 in the base.

Mounted upon the base plate and spaced therefrom by means of the spacingblocks 7 is a rotary plate 8, said plate being rigidly blocks which areprovided upon their lower side with an inclined surface 9 formedcoincident with the concave face of the base plate so that they willslide thereon when the plate 8 is rotated. The spacing blocks 7 areprovided with the downwardly extending Shanks 10 which extend downthrough concave surface of the base, shanks formed integral with theinner ends of said spacing blocks vand extending downwardly through theopening, shoulders formed upon said Shanks and adapted to rest upon theannular flange of the base plate, a plate mounted upon the upper edgesof the spacing blocks, said plate being of a smaller diameter than thebase plate, and an operating lever semovably mounted upon the concavesurface of the base plate, shanks formed integral with the innerrends ofsaid spacing blocks and extending downwardly through the 5 opening, aplate mounted upon the upper edges of the spacing blocks, said platebeing of a smaller diameter than the base plate and an operating leversecured to the lower ends of said shanks whereby the second men- 10tioned plate may be rotated by the man1pucured to the lower ends of saidShanks lation of said lever. v whereby the second mentioned plate may be2. In combination with a stove having rotated by the manipulation ofsaid lever.

brackets annularly arranged upon the inte- In testimony whereof wehereunto afiX rior thereof, of a grate comprising a base our signaturesin the presence of two wit- 15 plate mounted upon said brackets andhavnesses.

ing a concave surface inclined toward the SAMUEL G. MECKLEM. centerthereof, saidbase plate being pro- GEORGEr C. BRINKMAN. vided with acentrally arranged opening, an Vitnesses:v annular flange arrangedaround said open- WM. H. DENNY, 20 ing,v spacing blocks movably mountedon the C. STOME.

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